H1732–דָּוִד–da.vid

So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

דָּוִד֩ da.Vid “David”דָּוִ֔ד da.Vid “David”

Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

דָּוִ֖ד da.Vid “David”

And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

דָוִ֖ד da.Vid “David”

And Saul sent for all the people to come to the fight, and go down to Keilah to make an attack on David and his men.

דָּוִ֖ד da.Vid “David”

And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

דָּוִ֔ד da.Vid “David”

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

דָּוִד֒ da.Vid “David”

Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

דָּוִ֔ד da.Vid “David”

Then David and his men, about six hundred of them, went out of Keilah, and got away wherever they were able to go. And Saul, hearing that David had got away from Keilah, did not go there.

דָּוִ֨ד da.Vid “David”דָּוִד֙ da.Vid “David”

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.

דָּוִ֤ד da.Vid “David”

And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

דָוִ֔ד da.Vid “David”וְדָוִ֥ד (דָוִ֥ד) da.Vid “David”

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David in Horesh, and made his hands strong in God;

דָּוִ֖ד da.Vid “David”

And the two of them made an agreement before the Lord: and David went on living in Horesh, and Jonathan went back to his house.

דָּוִד֙ da.Vid “David”

Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?

דָ֠וִד Da.vid “[is] David”

And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.

וְדָוִ֨ד (דָוִ֨ד) da.Vid “David”

And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.

לְדָוִ֔ד (דָוִ֔ד) da.Vid “David”דָוִ֖ד da.Vid “David”

And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to ta

וְדָוִ֧ד (דָוִ֧ד) da.Vid “David”דָוִ֜ד da.Vid “David”דָּוִ֥ד da.Vid “David”

So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.

דָוִ֔ד da.Vid “David”

And from there, David went up and took cover in the safe place of En-gedi.

דָּוִ֖ד da.Vid “David”

Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.

דָוִ֔ד da.Vid “David”

Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

דָּוִד֙ da.Vid “David”

And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

וְדָוִד֙ (דָוִד֙) da.Vid “David”

And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it with

דָוִ֜ד da.Vid “David”דָּוִ֗ד da.Vid “David”

And later, David was full of regret for cutting off Saul's skirt.

דָּוִ֖ד da.Vid “David”

So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

דָּוִ֤ד da.Vid “David”

And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

דָּוִ֜ד da.Vid “David”דָּוִ֥ד da.Vid “David”